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had a younger sister, Freda. His parents were Fred Whitlam and Janet Turnbull. His father Fred Whitlam was the Commonwealth deputy crown solicitor, and was transferred to Canberra so the family moved to the Nation Capital when Gough Whitlam was only 10 years old. Gough attended a Sydney Grammar school, then a High School in Canberra. He completed his exam to finish high school when he was only 15, in 1931, but he was still too young to go to university. Gough completed the final exams three more times

cost with Mum’s Exercise Group Australia (MEGA). MEGA is the brainchild of Jennelle McAppin, who wanted other mum’s to exercise with when she was on maternity leave with her triplets. Two years on and MEGA is now operating across Australia. In Canberra there are over 30 free (yay) exercise sessions a week, plus more low cost options. Ranging from baby wearing yoga to boot camps, pram friendly walking groups, Mt Ainslie climbs, boxing, swimming and even a burlesque class (if you are planning on

It was Penny, who had invited him over to Franchette’s. He thought the request came from her mother. He never considered it might have come from Michael. Shortly after he arrived, Michael asked Storm to join him in Franchette’s front office. Once they were both in the room, Michael closed the door behind him. Storm had braced himself for the onslaught sure to be coming his way. Dragging Michael’s only child through a protest in Sydney without his consent was bad, but much worse, was sharing a hotel

It was Penny who had invited him over to Franchette’s. He thought the request came from her mother. He never considered it might have come from Michael. Shortly after he arrived, Michael asked Storm to join him in Franchette’s front office. Once they were both in the room, Michael closed the door behind him. Storm had braced himself for the onslaught sure to be coming his way. Dragging Michael’s only child through a protest in Sydney without his consent was bad, but much worse, was sharing a hotel

public officials from any adverse (Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013, s 6). The current case of Jones v University of Canberra specifies that the “legislation is designed to encourage persons to come forward to report to report disclosable conduct they should be protected from reprisals of the kind contemplated by the Public Interest Disclosure Act” (Jones v University of Canberra, 2016, per Refshauge J, para 35). The legislation generally extends to protect the disclosure of wrongdoings reported

one week of searching all around Darwin, the investigators suspected the man took children off Darwin soil, so they extended their search to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. The investigators soon tracked down the Man and children by searching each and every plane that travelled to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. They found the man’s Hogs Breathe card with his details printed on it and took some fingerprint tests. They then were able to locate the man, whose name was identified to

How will an ageing population have an effect on Australia and the economy? P1 A major demographic change impacting Australia is the ageing population, it is expected that this change will accelerate over the coming years. (Corcoranb & Hana, 2014 pp. 2) The process of this begun during the post-war period and has started to impact Australia’s ability to cater to an ageing population. This is a result of the baby boomer generation beginning the transition from their work life into retirement. (Corcoranb

1.     Is the nature of crime in our society accurately presented by the media?  Discuss. Like every society, Australia has always had its share of criminal activity, from the founding of our country as a penal colony in the 18th century, bushrangers in the 19th century, underworld violence in the 20th century to recent youth violence on our city streets in the 21st century. In this essay, I will be discussing how the media presents crime in Australian society and how this does not necessarily

On Saturday, the 3rd of November a 6.0 earthquake hit the Westfield Belconnen mall in Canberra. The earthquake frightened many in the mall and went outside. The damage that was caused inside the epicenter was moderate. Pictures and books in stores fell down. Dishes, glass wear and windows were broken during the earthquake. Some of the heavy furniture was moved around during the earthquake. Plaster in the mall varying between considerable and large amounts. Chimneys cracked and some of the walls cracked

Plastic bags Recently, there has been a lot of fuss over the ban of plastic bags in Australia. Here is an article on why we should have a ban on plastic and non-reusable bags. In 1960, the recyclable paper bags, were replaced by single-use plastic bags, which means that they are for carrying shopping from the shop to a home. When they replaced the bags around 60 years ago, businesses found it a lot cheaper to have plastic bags instead of paper. However, plastic bags pollute, and take about 1 thousand